25 Sep 08 Google Chrome Stats - Is Chrome fading away?
| Week starting | Aug. 24 | Aug. 31 | Sept. 7 | Sept. 15 | Net Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE | 72.39% | 71.03% | 71.24% | 71.48% | -0.91% |
| Firefox | 19.54% | 19.78% | 19.35% | 19.42% | -0.13% |
| Safari | 6.27% | 6.67% | 6.95% | 6.73% | 0.45% |
| Chrome | —– | 0.67% | 0.85% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| Opera | 0.74% | 0.75% | 0.70% | 0.68% | -0.06% |
| Netscape | 0.77% | 0.83% | 0.67% | 0.66% | -0.11% |
Here’s some interesting stats on the Google Chrome. It seems like it’s getting stable around 0.70%, not bad considering Opera is at about the same.
Will Google Chrome fade away?
In short, I don’t think so, but it’s definitely going to take another year or two before Chrome takes a bigger share of the market. With AdWords and Google’s super-big audience, I think Chrome will slowly convert IE users.
Chrome’s slow slide may be because of Google’s low-key promotion, Vizzaccaro said. “The only marketing effort I’ve seen from Google is in sponsored links on search results for ‘browser’ or ‘browsers’ search terms,” he said. “On Google, Chrome is naturally the top sponsored link. On Yahoo, it was second. And on Windows Live, I couldn’t even find it in the first five pages of organic results.”
17 Sep 08 Chrome About Hack - How to retrieve DNS Prefetching Times!
If you’ve been running Google Chrome for a while, be sure to try typing “about:dns” into the address bar to see what savings you’ve accrued! Humorously, this prefetching feature often goes unnoticed, as users simply avoid the pain of waiting, and tend to think the network is just fast and smooth. To look at it another way, DNS prefetching removes the variance from surfing latency that is induced by DNS resolutions. (Note: If about:dns doesn’t show any savings, then you probably are using a proxy, which is resolving DNS on the behalf of your browser.)There are several other benefits that Google Chrome derives from DNS prefetching. During startup, it pre-resolves domain names, such as the home pages, very early in the startup process. This tends to save about 200-500 ms during application startups. Google Chrome also pre-resolves the host names in URLs suggested by the omnibox while the user is typing, but before they press enter. This feature works independently of the broader omnibox logic, and doesn’t utilize any connection to Google. As a result, Google Chrome will generally navigate to a typed URL faster, or reach a user’s search provider faster. Depending on the popularity of the target domain, this can save 100-250ms on average, and much more in the worst case.If you are running Google Chrome, try typing “about:histograms/DNS.PrefetchFoundName” into the address bar to see details of the resolution times currently being encountered on your machine.The bottom line to all this DNS prefetching is that Google Chrome works overtime, anticipating a user’s needs, and making sure they have a very smooth surfing experience. Google Chrome doesn’t just render and run Java Script at a remarkable speed, it gets users to their destinations quickly, and generally sidesteps the pitfalls surrounding DNS resolution time.
11 Sep 08 Google Chrome Still Leads over 50% at Google Chrome Hacks Blog!
Browser stats at Chrome Hacks Tips Blog
Well, it seems like after a week or so, Chrome is still leading Firefox by a whopping 30% at this blog.
Here’s some interesting blog posts about Chrome:
Google Browser gets 7% share at Ars
Google Chrome Comic gets bastardized like PerezHilton
Chrome getting more attractive than ever
Google says they will “anonymize” users’ surfing
Happy Chrome-ing!
05 Sep 08 Chrome beats Firefox Hands-down on the Google Chrome Hacks Blog!
Chrome beats Firefox Hands-down on the Google Chrome Hacks Blog!
After Techcrunch posted their stats of only 6-7% of online users using Chrome, we decided to find out how many readers of this blog were using the Chrome browser.
Above is a screenshot from our Statcounter stats and as you can see, Chrome beats Firefox hands-down by a whopping 28%!
Chrome - 57.40% of visitors
Firefox - 29.40% of visitors
05 Sep 08 Google Analytics now tracks Google Chrome!
I guess this isn’t breaking news but Google Analytics now track Google Chrome. We will be showing you some fun stats on this blog, so hold on as we take some screenshots for you.
Clicky continues to track Chrome usage in the 2-3% range across its 45,000 sites. Use of Chrome among TechCrunch readers is much higher: 6.23% since Tuesday, making it the fourth most popular browser among TechCrunch readers after Firefox, IE and Safari.
via techcrunch
